The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-31

pear to be q good young man ana an
Industrious one. You will be thinking
about getting married one OF these
days; | want to help you to choose
yourself wife that you know VIII
suit you. | myself was once married
against my will, and know how much
suffering an unfortunate match may
cause. Now am free, without chill
dren and rich-mistress OF my own
fortune. Here is your dowry.'
"She handed me big sealed envel.
ope. / looked at her very hard. l
said to her:
You are my mother
"She shrank back q little and hlu
her face with her hands, so as not to
see me. He-the NANNY father
caught her In his arms and shouted
to me:
"Why, you must be crazyP
~ answered. Not bit. i knowyou
two are my parents. You cannot
fool me that way. Confess the truth
and keep your secret; will have no
i'll will against you; will remain just
what | am q cabinetmaker.
HE moved back toward the door,
supporting his wife in his arms she
was sobbing. brushed to the door,
locked it, put the key in my pocket,
and said again:
"Look at her, and dare to deny
again that she is my mother.
"Then he lost his temper, turned
white-terrified at the idea that the
scandal which had been so long hush
ed up might burst out all OF a sudden
that their position, their homer
would all be lost at once; he suffered
out:
"'You are villain trying TO black
mail us. This is what comes OF trying
to do good to the people-tryins to
help and befriend clowns and brutes.
my mother, completely overwhelm'
ed, could only cry out, over and over
again:
"Oh, let us get out here!-let us get
out
"Then, as the door was locked, he
cried:
"If you don't open this door at
once I'll have you arrested Tor as
sault and attempt to blackmail.'
81 still kept my temper; opened
the door and watched them disap-
pear in the darkness.
"Then, all oil u sudden, it seemed to
me that | had suddenly been made
an orphan-had been again abandon
ed-hung out into the gutter. A fright
full oppression, mingled with anger,
with hatred, with disgust, came upon
me; felt within me something like an
uprising OF my very life-an uprising
in the name OF justice, in the name OF
honor, III the name OF truth, in the
name OF affection trampled upon. |
ran to over take them-along the bank
OF the Seine, which | knew they would
have to follow in order to reach the
railroad station of Chanton.
81 came up with them very soon.
The night had become perfectly black.
! walked stealthily through the grass,
so that they could not hear me. My
mother was still crying. My father
said: 1t was all your fault. Why
did you insist on seeing himY 1t was
simply madness for people in our po.
sition to do such thing. We could
have done him all the good magma
BILE without showing ourselves at all.
Since we cannot possibly recognize
him, what was the use OF making
these dangerous visitsY"
"Isaw everything red that moment
don't know how it happened-I had
my compass in my pocket, and |
struck him with it-struck him as
hard as | could, and as many times
as could.
"Then she began to scream, Help,
murderl land pull out my beard. 1t
seems killed her, too. How do 4
know what did in that mCmentP
"Then leaped right in front otthem
and duplicated. ! stammered out:
You know very we'll you are my par
ents-you have rejected me once; will
you now repel me second timer
"Then, your honor, he raised his
hand against me-he did swear it
by my manhood, by the law, by the
republicl He struck me!-and when l
took him by the neck he pulled a re-
v6lver out oil his pocket.
"Then, when / saw them both lying
there dead, / pitched them into the
Seine, without reflection.
"That is all. Now, Judge mel"
The prisoner resumed his seat. In
view OF this revelation the case was
held over to be tried at the next SEES
sion. It will soon come up. If we
we're on the jury what would we do
with this parricide2
His Composition.